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badious

badious adjective: chestnut-coloured.

Adjective

badious (not comparable)

  1. (formal) Chestnut-coloured.
    • Head castaneous; thorax latericious; abdomen badious; legs ochraceous.1898, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 26, Linnean Society of London
    • Abdomen subovate and short; basal segment apically badious with postpetiole punctate, […]1919, Zoological Society of London, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Origin of badious

From Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut colored”), with the suffix adapted to -ous.

Questions about badious

What does badious mean?
Badious means chestnut-coloured.
What part of speech is badious?
Badious is an adjective.

Words near badious in the dictionary

  1. badines
  2. Bading Poblacion
  3. badione A
  4. Badiot
  5. Badiouan
  6. badious
  7. Badis
  8. Badische acid
  9. baditude
  10. Badiu
  11. Badiwan

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